50: Chapter 50 This is the wrist phone (2)

As he spoke, Gao Yuan began operating the light screen in front of him. Zhou Lei saw Gao Yuan open a video application...

He randomly selected a movie and opened it...

Instantly, the movie's visuals appeared on the light screen in front of him.

Gao Yuan returned to his seat and used his brainwaves to adjust the size and distance of the light screen in front of him...

Zhou Lei was completely stunned, slumping into his chair...

Although the mobile phone business was not Xiawei's primary focus, it was its most impactful business! Not even 5G had as much influence on ordinary users as mobile phones did.

Furthermore, if the wrist machine became popularized, it would likely create a new ecosystem centered around the wrist machine...

Then what had Xiawei actually been working for all these years...

Zhou Lei was in shock for a long time before he finally regained his senses! He thought of a question!

"President Gao, if people still aren't used to using brainwaves, wouldn't operating it this way expose their privacy?"

"It wouldn't... You can choose to hide the interface from third parties!"

As he spoke, the space in front of Gao Yuan suddenly became empty...

However, Gao Yuan himself was still watching with great interest and continued to operate it with his fingers, though the scene was somewhat strange; he looked like a madman...

Gao Yuan looked back at Zhou Lei: "Actually, you only need to learn two brainwave operations: one to bring up the light interface, and one to hide it from third parties! You can manually close it afterwards... Try it yourselves! It's very easy!"

Zhou Lei took a deep breath; of course he wanted to try! Following Gao Yuan's method, he activated the wrist machine...

Binding the phone, bringing up the interface, connecting to Wi-Fi...

Watching movies, playing games, listening to music, making calls...

Zhou Lei tried them all one by one, feeling increasingly alarmed. He asked himself, if such a phone were on the market, could he resist buying it?

The answer was that he couldn't... It was too advanced!

This was simply science fiction becoming reality!

"President Gao, how does the wrist machine charge? I don't see a charging port! How long does the battery last? A light screen like this must consume a lot of power, right?"

Gao Yuan took the box: "President Zhou, check if there's a base tray underneath."

As he spoke, he took the base tray out of the box that contained the wrist machine, placed it on the table, then removed a small plug from underneath the base tray and inserted it into a power outlet!

"President Zhou, this allows it to charge! Generally speaking, for daily call usage, it can last for a week. If there is a lot of entertainment, it can also last for 72 hours! Once the base point is connected to power, within a range of 500 meters, it can charge at any time as long as the battery is below 50%!"

Zhou Lei looked at the small plug inserted into the power outlet...

"What is the principle behind this?"

"That base point has a wireless current transmitter, and the wrist machine can receive it within a certain range! So as long as it's plugged in, it can charge automatically..."

Zhou Lei was numb by now...

With every feature this wrist machine demonstrated, he felt the death of smartphones drawing closer...

It was simply an all-encompassing crushing defeat...

It didn't leave any room for survival!

At this moment, Gao Yuan looked at Zhou Lei and asked: "President Zhou, what do you think of our wrist machine?"

Zhou Lei sincerely gave a thumbs up: "Impressive... This is going to eliminate traditional smartphones, just like how smartphones eliminated non-smartphones back in the day!"

Zhou Lei had thought that one day, smartphones would be eliminated, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon...

At this moment, Gao Yuan blew a breath of air onto the wrist machine. Click, the clasp opened, and Gao Yuan held it in his hand.

"President Zhou, that wrist machine is a gift for you!"

Zhou Lei looked desolate: "President Gao, did you call me here just to tell me that the traditional smartphone industry is doomed?"

Gao Yuan nodded...

"Yes, but the wrist machine won't be released right now; Xiawei still has time... That's all I can say. Within two years at most, Xiawei must completely shut down its traditional mobile phone business! Start clearing inventory now, and chips too..."

"What about the chips?" Zhou Lei asked.

"You know, Black Fish Technology has been sanctioned by the international semiconductor industry..."

Zhou Lei empathized with this, as Xiawei had previously encountered unfair treatment as well...

"President Gao, my condolences... But given Black Fish Technology's strength, it shouldn't have much impact on you!"

"Correct, but they angered me, so... I am going to sanction them!"

"Who are they?"

"The international semiconductor industry..."

Zhou Lei had received too many shocks today, but this time he was still stunned for a long time...

The mindset of a genius is truly different. When Xiawei was sanctioned, they only thought about breaking through and becoming self-sufficient! But when Gao Yuan was sanctioned, he wanted to counter-sanction them...

However, calming down, Zhou Lei realized that Gao Yuan actually had the strength to do it...

"President Gao, that is truly domineering!"

Zhou Lei said sincerely.

"Thank you for the gift, President Gao, but this gift is too... unexpected! You've essentially laid out a death date for traditional smartphones for me!"

Although Zhou Lei spoke with despondency, he was genuinely grateful. How could an ordinary person tell a peer, 'I am going to revolutionize your industry... you should prepare early!'

Originally, before coming today, Zhou Lei had been thinking about expanding production capacity and distributing globally! To win back what had been lost!

If he had actually done that, when the wrist machine suddenly appeared, Xiawei would likely have suffered heavy losses. Pivoting now, although difficult, was still much better than being ambushed later.

Gao Yuan smiled: "No need to thank me. The wrist machine hasn't been mass-produced yet. Besides, I didn't just look for President Zhou for the wrist machine; let's collaborate on chips..."

Zhou Lei had always wanted to collaborate with Gao Yuan on chip production...

But Gao Yuan had never agreed. Unexpectedly, now that Gao Yuan had offered it, Zhou Lei didn't feel that excited; instead, he even felt a sense of a 'last hurrah'...

"How does President Gao plan to collaborate?"

"Black Fish Technology will provide Xiawei with another two hundred 3nm Photolithography Machines, and Xiawei will cooperate with Black Fish Technology to reduce prices, improve quality, and dump chips..."

"You could actually do this entirely by yourselves!" Zhou Lei said.

"That's right, we could do it ourselves, but our energy is limited. We still have to produce more advanced processes, 2nm, or even 1nm! You also know that after the wrist machine hits the market, the demand for these chips will drop significantly, and we don't want to waste extra energy. Even if you, Xiawei, expand production, after smartphones are eliminated, there are still computers, cars, and smart homes that can use them... This is a long-term business, and Black Fish Technology's ambitions don't lie there, so..."

Zhou Lei understood...

High-end chips would, in the future, become useless after smartphones were eliminated...

Because even if cars and smart homes developed to the extreme, 3nm chips would be completely sufficient.

More high-end chips simply wouldn't be needed.

Gao Yuan meant that they didn't care about this bit of business in the chip industry. Now, by separating the chip business, Xiawei would produce 3nm chips and directly impact the international market.

For more high-end chips, Black Fish Technology would produce them themselves. The two companies would cooperate to crush those international chip enterprises...

Afterwards, the wrist machine would be released... Gao Yuan would retreat unscathed, leaving Xiawei to enjoy the chip cake alone, while Gao Yuan's wrist machine would be completely monopolized in his own hands...

Or, this could be said to be a consolation for Xiawei after losing its mobile phone business. After all, the chip market is not as big as the mobile phone market, but the profit is higher, and it is... exclusive, which is still quite substantial!

This plan was too ruthless...

Currently in the global chip market, 5nm is actually the top technology; higher processes are to some extent a waste. But if at the same price point, Black Fish Technology's chips were 3nm, Yuandian's were 5nm, and Yinte's were 7nm! And according to Gao Yuan's typical behavior... their chip design technology should be even better, after all, you can tell just by looking at the functions of the wrist machine!

With performance that is much stronger, a smaller process, but the same price, even a fool would know what to choose...

Capital is profit-seeking...

When all manufacturers use Black Fish Technology's chips, international chip manufacturers will only have one outcome—bankruptcy!

At this time, Gao Yuan launches the wrist machine, and global mobile phone manufacturers will be in mourning, because many manufacturers might have just expanded production capacity due to chips with improved performance and lower prices...

At this moment, Gao Yuan, who was originally thought to be an intimate comrade-in-arms, suddenly strikes back... The wrist machine suddenly appears, and all traditional mobile phones... fall! Mobile phone manufacturers are faced with two paths: either transform, or wait for death!

Zhou Lei looked at Gao Yuan, meaningful: "President Gao, Xia Country is currently the world's largest mobile phone producer. If the wrist machine is released, the impact will be too great..."

Gao Yuan understood this sentence; the wrist machine would crush numerous mobile phone manufacturers and foundries!

"That depends on their courage. President Zhou can give them a hint to layout smart homes early! Smart homes have actually been in development, but the penetration rate is not high! It still has a lot of potential..."

...

The next day, early in the morning, many netizens hadn't even woken up yet!

Online public opinion exploded.

Because Black Fish Technology had declared war on the international semiconductor industry...

Initially, many people thought this was just a joke, but the key was that Xiawei stood up. Not only did they strongly support Black Fish Technology, but they also announced that they were accepting orders online and that Xiawei would sell Azure Dragon A9000+ chips globally! More chip types were on the way...

Early in the morning, Lei Jianjun was preparing for a meeting when he saw the updates from Xiawei and Black Fish Technology...

His spirits lifted...

Seeming to have thought of something, he immediately said to his assistant: "Cancel the meeting, help me contact Zhou Lei, and tell him I want to chat with him..."

Lei Jianjun sensitively realized that Xiawei and Black Fish must have reached some kind of agreement, and he feared that the entire industry was about to undergo a huge change...

He had to go there in person...

To be able to formulate future strategies.

In the afternoon, Dami Technology announced its plans for the next few months, declaring that it would stop importing foreign chips and that Dami mobile phones would use Azure Dragon chips and Catfish chips...

Catfish chips were the high-end chips produced by the Catfish Intelligent Equipment factory under Black Fish Technology!

Following that, Popo, Vivi, and others also followed suit...

There was no other reason, only that they were high-quality and inexpensive!

In a single day, the entire Xia Country mobile phone industry announced that they would all use domestic Azure Dragon and Catfish chips... International chip industry stocks plummeted.